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The Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on September 30, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 September 2020402,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
402,879 km250,337 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 24, 202001:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 1, 202021:05

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Wednesday, September 30, 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.