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The Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on September 23, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 September 2018399,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 23, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
399,396 km248,173 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 18:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Sunday, September 23, 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.