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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on December 20, 2001Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 December 2001403,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
403,938 km250,995 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.