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The Moon on Thursday, September 13, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on September 13, 2018Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 September 2018381,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 13, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
381,668 km237,158 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Thursday, September 13, 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.