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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2022: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on September 18, 2022Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 September 2022403,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
403,759 km250,884 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 17, 202221:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 25, 202221:55

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 2022 to the new moon of September 25, 2022, a cycle of 29.57 days.