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The Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on October 7, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 October 2000403,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 7, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
403,243 km250,563 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 19:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 5, 200010:59
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 13, 200008:53

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Saturday, October 7, 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.