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The Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on September 20, 2001Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 September 2001370,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 20, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
370,694 km230,338 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 17, 200110:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 24, 200109:31

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Thursday, September 20, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2001 to the new moon of October 16, 2001, a cycle of 29.37 days.