Waxing · 37.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°
Moon age
6.6days
Moon phase on December 21, 2001Waxing Crescent
On Friday, December 21, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.3% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
37.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
404,622 km251,420 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, December 14, 2001 | 20:48 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, December 22, 2001 | 20:57 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Friday, December 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2001, or the whole moon calendar 2001.
- The same date one year apart: 2000 · 2002.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.