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The Moon on Monday, May 22, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 22, 2000Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 May 2000405,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 22, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
405,361 km251,880 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 2, 2000 at 12:14 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 18, 200007:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 26, 200011:55

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Monday, May 22, 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.