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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on July 15, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 July 2000406,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
406,180 km252,389 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2000 is on Sunday, July 16, 2000 at 13:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 1, 2000 at 19:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 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.