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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on March 24, 2000Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 March 2000397,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
397,915 km247,253 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at 18:12 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 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.