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The Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on September 22, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 September 2018401,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
401,906 km249,733 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Saturday, September 22, 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.