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The Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on September 28, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 September 2023360,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
360,086 km223,747 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 22, 202319:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 29, 202309:58

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Thursday, September 28, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.