Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°
Moon age
4.4days
Moon phase on August 23, 2001Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, August 23, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
372,130 km231,231 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 23, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, August 19, 2001 | 02:55 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 25, 2001 | 19:55 |
The Moon around August 23
More about this date
Thursday, August 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2001, or the whole moon calendar 2001.
- The same date one year apart: 2000 · 2002.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.