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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 2001Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 August 2001403,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
403,485 km250,714 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 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.