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The Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on September 30, 2018Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 September 2018376,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 30, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
376,934 km234,216 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Sunday, September 30, 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.