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The Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2001: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on January 20, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 January 2001400,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 20, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
400,482 km248,848 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2001 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Saturday, January 20, 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.