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The Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on December 1, 2001Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 December 2001379,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 1, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
379,371 km235,730 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 2001 is on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 20:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 30, 200120:49
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 7, 200119:52

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Saturday, December 1, 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.