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The Moon on Friday, July 21, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 2000Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 July 2000394,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 21, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
394,896 km245,377 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2000 is on Sunday, July 16, 2000 at 13:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 31, 2000 at 02:25 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 16, 200013:55
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 24, 200011:02

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Friday, July 21, 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.