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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2001: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on March 17, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 March 2001400,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
400,354 km248,768 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 16, 200120:45
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 25, 200101:21

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 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.