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The Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 April 2000382,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 16, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
382,914 km237,932 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2000 is on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 17:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at 18:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 200013:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 18, 200017:42

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Sunday, April 16, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 2000 to the new moon of May 4, 2000, a cycle of 29.42 days.