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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2000: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Full Moon at

07:35UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 2000Full Moon

Thursday 18 May 2000400,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 2000, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
400,234 km248,694 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 399,768 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 10, 200020:01
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, May 18, 200007:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 26, 200011:55

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 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.