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The Moon on Thursday, March 22, 2001: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on March 22, 2001Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 March 2001403,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 22, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
403,507 km250,728 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Thursday, March 22, 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.