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The Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 2018Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 September 2018375,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
375,854 km233,545 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 9, 201818:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 16, 201823:15

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 2018 to the new moon of October 9, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.