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The Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2001: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 2001Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 July 2001386,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 15, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
386,365 km240,076 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2001 is on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 15:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 13, 200118:45
New Moon (after)Friday, July 20, 200119:44

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Sunday, July 15, 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.