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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 2000Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 October 2000375,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
375,583 km233,377 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 13, 200008:53
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 20, 200007:59

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 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.