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The Moon on Monday, April 17, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 17, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 April 2000386,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 17, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
386,270 km240,017 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2000 is on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 17:42 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at 18:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Monday, April 17, 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.