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The Moon on Monday, May 8, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 8, 2000Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 May 2000366,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 8, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,023 km227,436 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 4, 200004:12
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 10, 200020:01

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Monday, May 8, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2000 to the new moon of June 2, 2000, a cycle of 29.33 days.