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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on October 19, 2001Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 October 2001376,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
376,688 km234,063 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 16, 200119:23
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 24, 200102:59

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2001 to the new moon of November 15, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.