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The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2001: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on May 16, 2001Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 May 2001402,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
402,807 km250,293 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 15, 200110:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 23, 200102:46

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 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.