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The Moon on Monday, September 18, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on September 18, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 September 2023395,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 18, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
395,489 km245,745 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 15, 202301:40
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 22, 202319:32

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Monday, September 18, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.