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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2001: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 2001Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 July 2001368,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
368,598 km229,036 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2001 is on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 15:04 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 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.