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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on September 28, 2018Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 September 2018383,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
383,212 km238,117 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 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.