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The Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1986: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on September 28, 1986Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 September 1986398,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 28, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
398,358 km247,528 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1986 is on Thursday, September 18, 1986 at 05:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 3, 1986 at 18:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 26, 198603:18
New Moon (after)Friday, October 3, 198618:55

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Sunday, September 28, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1986 to the new moon of October 3, 1986, a cycle of 29.49 days.