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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on September 17, 2072Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 September 2072379,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
379,899 km236,058 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2072 is on Tuesday, September 27, 2072 at 08:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 12, 2072 at 09:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 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.