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The Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on October 31, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 October 2001395,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
395,411 km245,697 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Wednesday, October 31, 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.