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The Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on March 6, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 March 2001362,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 6, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
362,618 km225,320 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 3, 200102:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 9, 200117:23

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Tuesday, March 6, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2001 to the new moon of March 25, 2001, a cycle of 29.71 days.