Waxing · 71.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°
Moon age
9.7days
Moon phase on January 16, 2000Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, January 16, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
368,350 km228,882 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 16, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, January 14, 2000 | 13:34 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, January 21, 2000 | 04:41 |
The Moon around January 16
More about this date
Sunday, January 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2000, or the whole moon calendar 2000.
- The same date one year apart: 1999 · 2001.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.