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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2001: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Last Quarter at

07:53UTC

Moon phase on August 12, 2001Last Quarter

Sunday 12 August 2001387,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 2001, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
387,236 km240,618 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 12, 200107:53
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 19, 200102:55

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 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.