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The Moon on Sunday, September 13, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on September 13, 2026Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 September 2026387,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 13, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
387,210 km240,601 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 2026 is on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 11, 202603:27
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 18, 202620:44

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Sunday, September 13, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 2026 to the new moon of October 10, 2026, a cycle of 29.52 days.