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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on September 28, 1938Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 September 1938394,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
394,773 km245,300 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1938 is on Sunday, October 9, 1938 at 09:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 23, 1938 at 20:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 23, 193820:34
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 1, 193811:45

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1938 to the new moon of October 23, 1938, a cycle of 29.51 days.