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The Moon on Monday, October 15, 2001: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 15, 2001Waning Crescent

Monday 15 October 2001362,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 15, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
362,079 km224,985 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Monday, October 15, 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.