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The Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2018: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on September 4, 2018Waning Crescent

Tuesday 4 September 2018369,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 4, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
369,665 km229,699 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 3, 201802:37
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 9, 201818:02

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Tuesday, September 4, 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.