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The Moon on Monday, December 24, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on December 24, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 December 2001398,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 24, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.5% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
398,981 km247,915 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 22, 200120:57
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 30, 200110:41

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Monday, December 24, 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.