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The Moon on Monday, August 6, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 6, 2001Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 August 2001406,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 6, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
406,113 km252,347 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 12, 200107:53

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Monday, August 6, 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.