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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 October 2000386,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
386,161 km239,949 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 at 19:53 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 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.