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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 2001: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on February 22, 2001Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 February 2001405,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
405,391 km251,898 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 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.