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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on December 27, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 2001384,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
384,537 km238,940 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.