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The Moon on Monday, October 23, 2000: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 23, 2000Waning Crescent

Monday 23 October 2000373,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 23, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
373,221 km231,909 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Monday, October 23, 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.