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The Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on September 9, 2040Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 September 2040389,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 9, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
389,393 km241,958 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 2040 is on Thursday, September 20, 2040 at 17:43 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Sunday, September 9, 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.