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The Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on September 17, 2042Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 September 2042406,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 17, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
406,093 km252,335 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2042 is on Monday, September 29, 2042 at 10:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 2042 at 08:50 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 14, 204208:50
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 22, 204213:21

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Wednesday, September 17, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 2042 to the new moon of October 14, 2042, a cycle of 29.72 days.