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The Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on April 29, 2001Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 April 2001371,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 29, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
371,276 km230,700 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Sunday, April 29, 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.