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The Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on October 3, 2000Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 October 2000399,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 3, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
399,237 km248,074 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 19:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Tuesday, October 3, 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.