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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on September 27, 2018Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 September 2018386,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
386,507 km240,164 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 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.