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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 August 2001404,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
404,073 km251,079 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 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.