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The Moon on Friday, August 31, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 31, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 August 2001405,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 31, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
405,542 km251,992 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Friday, August 31, 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.