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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2001: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

29.2days

Moon phase on March 24, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 March 2001398,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
398,724 km247,755 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.