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The Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on May 1, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 1 May 2001369,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 1, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
369,533 km229,617 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 30, 200117:08
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 7, 200113:53

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Tuesday, May 1, 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.