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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 2000Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 October 2000371,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
371,625 km230,917 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 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.