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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on December 2, 2000Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 December 2000403,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
403,916 km250,982 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2000 is on Monday, December 11, 2000 at 09:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 23:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 25, 200023:11
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 4, 200003:56

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2000 to the new moon of December 25, 2000, a cycle of 29.76 days.