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The Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on February 17, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 February 2000364,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 17, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
364,587 km226,544 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 5, 2000 at 13:04 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Thursday, February 17, 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.