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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 2001: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on October 12, 2001Waning Crescent

Friday 12 October 2001366,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.8% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,003 km227,424 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 10, 200104:20
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 16, 200119:23

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 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.