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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on March 17, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 March 2000371,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
371,734 km230,985 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.