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The Moon on Monday, September 17, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 1928Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 September 1928400,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 17, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
400,962 km249,146 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 14, 1928 at 01:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Monday, September 17, 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.