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The Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2001: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 9, 2001Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 December 2001371,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 9, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
371,605 km230,905 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2001 is on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 20:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Sunday, December 9, 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.