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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on April 26, 2001Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 April 2001377,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
377,396 km234,503 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 23, 200115:26
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 30, 200117:08

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2001 to the new moon of May 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.