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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 January 2000373,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
373,123 km231,848 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 14, 200013:34
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 21, 200004:41

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.