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The Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2001: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 17, 2001Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 May 2001400,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 17, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
400,398 km248,796 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Thursday, May 17, 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.