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The Moon on Friday, August 3, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 3, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 August 2001404,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 3, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
404,333 km251,241 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 20, 2001 at 19:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Friday, August 3, 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.