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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on September 16, 1928Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 September 1928398,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
398,017 km247,316 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 14, 1928 at 01:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 14, 192801:20
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 22, 192802:58

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1928 to the new moon of October 13, 1928, a cycle of 29.61 days.