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The Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2008: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on September 28, 2008Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 September 2008385,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 28, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
385,730 km239,681 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Sunday, September 28, 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.