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The Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2018: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

New Moon at

18:02UTC

Moon phase on September 9, 2018New Moon

Sunday 9 September 2018363,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 9, 2018, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
363,031 km225,577 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 2018 is on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 11:56 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 3, 201802:37
New Moon (this day)Sunday, September 9, 201818:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 16, 201823:15

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Sunday, September 9, 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.