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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on September 28, 1973Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 September 1973388,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
388,852 km241,622 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 13:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 26, 197313:54
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 4, 197310:32

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 26, 1973 to the new moon of October 26, 1973, a cycle of 29.56 days.