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The Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2013: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on September 4, 2013Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 September 2013395,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
395,689 km245,870 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11:36 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 28, 201309:35
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 5, 201311:36

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Wednesday, September 4, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.