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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 28, 2011Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 September 2011357,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
357,747 km222,294 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 27, 201111:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 4, 201103:15

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.