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The Moon on Wednesday, August 1, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 1, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 August 2001400,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 1, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
400,002 km248,549 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 27, 200110:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Wednesday, August 1, 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.