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The Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on October 4, 2001Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 October 2001396,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 4, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
396,541 km246,399 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 2, 200113:49
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 10, 200104:20

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Thursday, October 4, 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.