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The Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 16, 2001Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 December 2001391,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 16, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
391,851 km243,485 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 14, 200120:48
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 22, 200120:57

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Sunday, December 16, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2001 to the new moon of January 13, 2002, a cycle of 29.70 days.