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The Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on September 28, 1995Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 September 1995370,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 28, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
370,369 km230,137 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1995 is on Sunday, October 8, 1995 at 15:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 24, 1995 at 16:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 24, 199516:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 1, 199514:36

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Thursday, September 28, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 1995 to the new moon of October 24, 1995, a cycle of 29.49 days.