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The Moon on Saturday, September 27, 2008: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on September 27, 2008Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 September 2008382,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 27, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
382,261 km237,526 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 22, 200805:04
New Moon (after)Monday, September 29, 200808:12

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Saturday, September 27, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2008 to the new moon of September 29, 2008, a cycle of 29.51 days.