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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on July 6, 2001Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 July 2001401,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
401,946 km249,758 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2001 is on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 15:04 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 5, 200115:04
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 13, 200118:45

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 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.