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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2013: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on September 28, 2013Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 September 2013403,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
403,945 km251,000 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2013 is on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 11:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 27, 201303:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 5, 201300:35

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 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.