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The Moon on Friday, September 21, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 21, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 September 2018403,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 21, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
403,757 km250,883 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 16, 201823:15
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 25, 201802:53

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Friday, September 21, 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.