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The Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2028: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on September 16, 2028Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 September 2028361,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 16, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
361,198 km224,438 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2028 is on Sunday, September 3, 2028 at 23:48 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 18, 2028 at 18:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 12, 202800:46
New Moon (after)Monday, September 18, 202818:24

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Saturday, September 16, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2028 to the new moon of September 18, 2028, a cycle of 29.32 days.