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The Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on April 3, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 3 April 2001366,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 3, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
366,857 km227,954 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 1, 200110:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 8, 200103:22

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Tuesday, April 3, 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.