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The Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2042: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Last Quarter at

17:09UTC

Moon phase on September 6, 2042Last Quarter

Saturday 6 September 2042375,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
375,072 km233,059 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 2042 at 08:50 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 31, 204202:02
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 6, 204217:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 14, 204208:50

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Saturday, September 6, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 2042 to the new moon of September 14, 2042, a cycle of 29.62 days.