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The Moon on Friday, September 4, 2026: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Last Quarter at

07:51UTC

Moon phase on September 4, 2026Last Quarter

Friday 4 September 2026370,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 4, 2026, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
370,164 km230,009 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 2026 is on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 202604:19
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, September 4, 202607:51
New Moon (after)Friday, September 11, 202603:27

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Friday, September 4, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2026 to the new moon of September 11, 2026, a cycle of 29.41 days.