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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on October 23, 2001Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 October 2001398,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
398,125 km247,383 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.