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The Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2000: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 2000Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 October 2000381,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 26, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
381,290 km236,923 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2000 is on Friday, October 13, 2000 at 08:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Thursday, October 26, 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.