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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 2000Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 May 2000402,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
402,580 km250,152 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 2, 2000 at 12:14 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.