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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on December 28, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 December 2001379,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
379,233 km235,644 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 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.