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The Moon on Friday, September 16, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on September 16, 2072Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 September 2072373,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 16, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
373,725 km232,222 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2072 is on Tuesday, September 27, 2072 at 08:43 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 12, 2072 at 09:07 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 12, 207209:07
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 19, 207204:59

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Friday, September 16, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 2072 to the new moon of October 11, 2072, a cycle of 29.37 days.