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The Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 2001: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on February 20, 2001Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 February 2001406,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 20, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
406,252 km252,433 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 15, 200103:24
New Moon (after)Friday, February 23, 200108:21

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Tuesday, February 20, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2001 to the new moon of February 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.80 days.