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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on March 18, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 March 2000374,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
374,005 km232,396 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 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.