Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2024: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on September 28, 2024Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 September 2024400,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
400,081 km248,599 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2024 is on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 02:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 24, 202418:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 2, 202418:49

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 2024 to the new moon of October 2, 2024, a cycle of 29.70 days.