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The Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2000: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

First Quarter at

10:59UTC

Moon phase on October 5, 2000First Quarter

Thursday 5 October 2000403,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 5, 2000, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
403,751 km250,879 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 19:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 27, 200019:53
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 5, 200010:59
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 13, 200008:53

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Thursday, October 5, 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.