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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 May 2000391,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
391,228 km243,098 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 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.