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The Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on September 12, 2040Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 September 2040378,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 12, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
378,520 km235,201 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Wednesday, September 12, 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.