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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on September 28, 1984Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 September 1984367,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
367,174 km228,152 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 25, 1984 at 03:11 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 25, 198403:11
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 1, 198421:53

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1984 to the new moon of October 24, 1984, a cycle of 29.37 days.