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The Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on September 23, 2001Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 September 2001388,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 23, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
388,911 km241,658 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Sunday, September 23, 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.