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The Moon on Saturday, October 28, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on October 28, 2000Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 October 2000389,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 28, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
389,055 km241,747 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2000 is on Saturday, November 11, 2000 at 21:15 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 07:58 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 27, 200007:58
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 4, 200007:27

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Saturday, October 28, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 27, 2000 to the new moon of November 25, 2000, a cycle of 29.63 days.