Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2001: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 December 2001370,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 8, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
370,670 km230,324 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2001 is on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 20:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 7, 200119:52
New Moon (after)Friday, December 14, 200120:48

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Saturday, December 8, 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.