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The Moon on Monday, September 28, 1970: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on September 28, 1970Waning Crescent

Monday 28 September 1970405,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 28, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
405,277 km251,828 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1970 is on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 at 11:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 30, 1970 at 14:32 UTC, 2 days later.

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Monday, September 28, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 1970 to the new moon of September 30, 1970, a cycle of 29.69 days.