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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on October 18, 2000Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 October 2000370,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
370,609 km230,286 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 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.