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The Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on January 4, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 January 2001382,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 4, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.0% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
382,983 km237,975 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2001 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 2, 200122:32
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 9, 200120:24

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Thursday, January 4, 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.