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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 2042: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 2042Waning Crescent

Friday 12 September 2042398,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
398,851 km247,834 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 2042 at 08:50 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 6, 204217:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 14, 204208:50

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.