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The Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2000: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on February 2, 2000Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 February 2000404,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
404,581 km251,395 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 5, 2000 at 13:04 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 28, 200007:57
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 5, 200013:04

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Wednesday, February 2, 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.