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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on January 7, 2000Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 January 2000403,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
403,454 km250,695 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 6, 200018:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 14, 200013:34

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2000 to the new moon of February 5, 2000, a cycle of 29.78 days.