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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2000: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 2000Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 August 2000368,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
368,125 km228,742 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2000 is on Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at 05:13 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 29, 2000 at 10:19 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 22, 200018:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 29, 200010:19

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 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.