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The Moon on Monday, October 8, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on October 8, 2001Waning Gibbous

Monday 8 October 2001381,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 8, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
381,973 km237,347 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Monday, October 8, 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.