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The Moon on Monday, October 22, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on October 22, 2001Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 October 2001393,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 22, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
393,603 km244,573 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Monday, October 22, 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.