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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 May 2000397,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
397,543 km247,022 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 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.