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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2001: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 2001Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 December 2001377,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
377,391 km234,500 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2001 is on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 20:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 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.