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The Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2025: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on September 18, 2025Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 September 2025386,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 18, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.2% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
386,011 km239,856 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2025 is on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 18:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 19:54 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 14, 202510:33
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 21, 202519:54

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Thursday, September 18, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2025 to the new moon of September 21, 2025, a cycle of 29.57 days.