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The Moon on Friday, November 16, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on November 16, 2001Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 November 2001379,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 16, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
379,153 km235,595 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 2001 is on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 20:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 06:40 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 15, 200106:40
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 22, 200123:21

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Friday, November 16, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 15, 2001 to the new moon of December 14, 2001, a cycle of 29.59 days.