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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on September 28, 2022Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 September 2022378,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
378,740 km235,338 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 25, 202221:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 3, 202200:14

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 2022 to the new moon of October 25, 2022, a cycle of 29.54 days.