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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2048: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

First Quarter at

06:04UTC

Moon phase on September 15, 2048First Quarter

Tuesday 15 September 2048369,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 2048, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
369,905 km229,848 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2048 is on Tuesday, September 22, 2048 at 04:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 8, 2048 at 06:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 8, 204806:24
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 15, 204806:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 22, 204804:46

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 2048 to the new moon of October 7, 2048, a cycle of 29.47 days.