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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on March 23, 2000Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 March 2000393,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
393,996 km244,818 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at 18:12 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 20, 200004:45
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 28, 200000:21

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 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.