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The Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2000: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 21, 2000Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 October 2000370,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 21, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
370,700 km230,342 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 20, 200007:59
New Moon (after)Friday, October 27, 200007:58

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Saturday, October 21, 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.