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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on March 15, 2001Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 March 2001391,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.5% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
391,269 km243,123 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 9, 200117:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 16, 200120:45

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.