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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 1913: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on September 5, 1913Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 September 1913371,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 1913, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
371,750 km230,995 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1913 is on Monday, September 15, 1913 at 12:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 31, 1913 at 20:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 31, 191320:38
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 7, 191313:05

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 1913 to the new moon of September 30, 1913, a cycle of 29.35 days.