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The Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on September 18, 2019Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 September 2019398,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 18, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
398,223 km247,444 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2019 is on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 04:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 18:26 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 14, 201904:33
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 22, 201902:41

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2019 to the new moon of September 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.33 days.