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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 26, 2000Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 January 2000388,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
388,079 km241,141 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 5, 2000 at 13:04 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 21, 200004:41
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 28, 200007:57

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.