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The Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on September 8, 2040Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 September 2040392,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 8, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
392,787 km244,067 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2040 is on Thursday, September 20, 2040 at 17:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 6, 204015:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 14, 204002:07

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Saturday, September 8, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 2040 to the new moon of October 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.59 days.