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The Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on December 18, 2001Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 December 2001399,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
399,281 km248,102 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Tuesday, December 18, 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.