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The Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on September 21, 2028Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 September 2028364,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 21, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 11.1% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
364,785 km226,667 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2028 is on Tuesday, October 3, 2028 at 16:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 18, 2028 at 18:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 18, 202818:24
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 25, 202813:10

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Thursday, September 21, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 2028 to the new moon of October 18, 2028, a cycle of 29.36 days.