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The Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on September 30, 2008Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 September 2008393,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 30, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
393,194 km244,319 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 29, 200808:12
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 7, 200809:04

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 2008 to the new moon of October 28, 2008, a cycle of 29.63 days.