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The Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2013: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

New Moon at

11:36UTC

Moon phase on September 5, 2013New Moon

Thursday 5 September 2013392,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 5, 2013, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
392,233 km243,722 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2013 is on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 11:13 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11:36 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 28, 201309:35
New Moon (this day)Thursday, September 5, 201311:36
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 12, 201317:09

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Thursday, September 5, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 2013 to the new moon of October 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.54 days.