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The Moon on Friday, September 6, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 6, 2013Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 September 2013388,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 6, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
388,704 km241,530 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2013 is on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 11:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 11:36 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Friday, September 6, 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.