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The Moon on Wednesday, February 16, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on February 16, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 February 2000364,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 16, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
364,716 km226,624 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 5, 2000 at 13:04 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Wednesday, February 16, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 2000 to the new moon of March 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.68 days.