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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2001: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on March 18, 2001Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 March 2001403,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
403,248 km250,566 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.