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The Moon on Wednesday, February 23, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on February 23, 2000Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 February 2000387,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 23, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
387,713 km240,914 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Wednesday, February 23, 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.