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The Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on September 26, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 September 2018389,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
389,860 km242,247 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 25, 201802:53
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 2, 201809:46

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Wednesday, September 26, 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.