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The Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on November 6, 2001Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 6 November 2001376,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 6, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
376,153 km233,731 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 06:40 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, November 1, 200105:41
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, November 8, 200112:21

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Tuesday, November 6, 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.