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The Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on June 27, 2001Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 June 2001371,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
371,137 km230,614 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 2001 is on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 15:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 11:58 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 21, 200111:58
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 28, 200103:20

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Wednesday, June 27, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 2001 to the new moon of July 20, 2001, a cycle of 29.32 days.