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The Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on November 17, 2001Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 November 2001384,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 17, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
384,020 km238,619 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2001 is on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 20:49 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 15, 2001 at 06:40 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Saturday, November 17, 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.