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The Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2018: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on September 6, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 September 2018363,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 6, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,161 km225,658 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Thursday, September 6, 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.