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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on December 19, 2001Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 December 2001402,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
402,090 km249,847 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 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.