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The Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on September 21, 2050Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 September 2050394,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 21, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
394,135 km244,904 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2050 is on Friday, September 30, 2050 at 17:32 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 16, 2050 at 03:49 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 16, 205003:49
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 24, 205002:34

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Wednesday, September 21, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2050 to the new moon of October 15, 2050, a cycle of 29.71 days.