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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on February 20, 2000Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 February 2000372,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
372,142 km231,238 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 19, 200016:27
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 27, 200003:54

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 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.