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The Moon on Thursday, August 9, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on August 9, 2001Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 August 2001400,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 9, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
400,801 km249,046 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Thursday, August 9, 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.