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The Moon on Monday, August 20, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 2001Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 August 2001358,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 20, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
358,695 km222,883 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 19, 200102:55
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 25, 200119:55

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Monday, August 20, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2001 to the new moon of September 17, 2001, a cycle of 29.31 days.