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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on March 31, 2001Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 March 2001375,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
375,375 km233,247 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.