New Moon September 2018

The September new moon brings the darkest nights of the month, from September 4 to September 12. Times convert to your time zone (showing UTC).

New moon

Exact new moon (showing UTC)

Moonless evenings
Sep 4 to Sep 12
Distance
363,675 km
Type
Average

What to do with the dark nights

With the Moon out of the sky, September's moonless window is the month's best chance for the Milky Way, faint galaxies and nebulae, and any meteor shower that falls inside it. The evenings just after new moon add a bonus: a thin young crescent low in the west after sunset, often with earthshine glowing on its dark side. See what else is happening this month on the astronomical events calendar.

All moon phases in September 2018

PhaseDate and time (UTC)
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

See the whole month day by day on the moon phases calendar for your city.

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