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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 July 2000402,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
402,482 km250,090 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2000 is on Sunday, July 16, 2000 at 13:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 1, 2000 at 19:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 8, 200012:53
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 16, 200013:55

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.