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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on March 15, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 March 2000369,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
369,609 km229,664 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 13, 200006:59
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 20, 200004:45

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2000 to the new moon of April 4, 2000, a cycle of 29.54 days.