Waning · 95.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°
Moon age
16.3days
Moon phase on May 20, 2000Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, May 20, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
404,205 km251,162 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 20, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 2, 2000 at 12:14 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, May 18, 2000 | 07:35 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, May 26, 2000 | 11:55 |
The Moon around May 20
More about this date
Saturday, May 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2000, or the whole moon calendar 2000.
- The same date one year apart: 1999 · 2001.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.