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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on September 18, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 September 2011401,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
401,035 km249,192 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 12, 201109:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 20, 201113:39

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 29, 2011 to the new moon of September 27, 2011, a cycle of 29.34 days.