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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 August 2001401,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
401,765 km249,645 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 25, 200119:55
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 2, 200121:43

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 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.