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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2001: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 August 2001357,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,680 km222,252 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 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.