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The Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on September 22, 2001Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 September 2001382,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 22, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
382,947 km237,952 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Saturday, September 22, 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.