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The Moon on Thursday, July 6, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 2000Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 July 2000374,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 6, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
374,030 km232,411 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2000 is on Sunday, July 16, 2000 at 13:55 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 1, 2000 at 19:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 1, 200019:20
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 8, 200012:53

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Thursday, July 6, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 2000 to the new moon of July 31, 2000, a cycle of 29.30 days.