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The Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2001: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on December 13, 2001Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 December 2001380,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 13, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
380,416 km236,379 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Thursday, December 13, 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.