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The Moon on Monday, January 1, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on January 1, 2001Waxing Crescent

Monday 1 January 2001398,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 1, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.1% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
398,872 km247,848 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2001 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 25, 200017:22
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 2, 200122:32

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Monday, January 1, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 2000 to the new moon of January 24, 2001, a cycle of 29.82 days.