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The Moon on Sunday, October 1, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on October 1, 2000Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 October 2000390,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 1, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
390,776 km242,817 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 19:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 27, 200019:53
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 5, 200010:59

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Sunday, October 1, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2000 to the new moon of October 27, 2000, a cycle of 29.50 days.