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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on December 29, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 December 2001374,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
374,376 km232,627 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2001 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 14, 2001 at 20:48 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 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.