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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on March 16, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 2000370,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
370,288 km230,086 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 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.