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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 October 2001404,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,854 km251,565 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 24, 200102:59
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 1, 200105:41

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 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.