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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2001: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 2001Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 May 2001388,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
388,038 km241,115 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2001 is on Monday, May 7, 2001 at 13:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 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.