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The Moon on Monday, September 3, 2018: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Last Quarter at

02:37UTC

Moon phase on September 3, 2018Last Quarter

Monday 3 September 2018373,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 3, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
373,892 km232,326 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 26, 201811:56
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, September 3, 201802:37
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 9, 201818:02

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Monday, September 3, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 2018 to the new moon of September 9, 2018, a cycle of 29.34 days.