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The Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on January 18, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 January 2000361,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 18, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
361,149 km224,407 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Tuesday, January 18, 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.