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The Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2027: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Last Quarter at

10:21UTC

Moon phase on September 23, 2027Last Quarter

Thursday 23 September 2027373,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 23, 2027, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 49.4% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

49.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
373,320 km231,970 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2027 is on Wednesday, September 15, 2027 at 23:04 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 30, 2027 at 02:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, September 15, 202723:04
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 23, 202710:21
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 30, 202702:36

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Thursday, September 23, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 2027 to the new moon of September 30, 2027, a cycle of 29.37 days.