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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 May 2000380,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
380,145 km236,211 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 10, 200020:01
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 18, 200007:35

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 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.