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The Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 2001Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 July 2001359,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 21, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
359,139 km223,158 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 20, 200119:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 27, 200110:08

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Saturday, July 21, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2001 to the new moon of August 19, 2001, a cycle of 29.30 days.