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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 2001: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 2001Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 August 2001375,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
375,176 km233,124 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 12, 200107:53
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 19, 200102:55

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.