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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 27, 2001Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 March 2001389,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
389,136 km241,798 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 25, 200101:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 1, 200110:49

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 2001 to the new moon of April 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.59 days.