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The Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on August 9, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 August 2000402,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 9, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
402,752 km250,258 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2000 is on Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at 05:13 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 31, 2000 at 02:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 7, 200001:02
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 15, 200005:13

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Wednesday, August 9, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 2000 to the new moon of August 29, 2000, a cycle of 29.33 days.