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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2001: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on January 18, 2001Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 January 2001393,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
393,029 km244,217 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2001 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 16, 200112:35
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 24, 200113:07

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.