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The Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2000: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 22, 2000Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 October 2000371,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 22, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
371,697 km230,962 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Sunday, October 22, 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.