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The Moon on Friday, September 18, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 18, 2020Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 September 2020359,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,078 km223,121 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Friday, September 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2020 to the new moon of October 16, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.