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The Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2018: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on September 8, 2018Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 September 2018361,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 8, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
361,501 km224,626 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Saturday, September 8, 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.