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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 2000Waning Gibbous

Monday 16 October 2000373,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
373,267 km231,937 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 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.