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The Moon on Friday, December 8, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 8, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 December 2000375,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 8, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
375,643 km233,414 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2000 is on Monday, December 11, 2000 at 09:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 23:11 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 4, 200003:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 11, 200009:03

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Friday, December 8, 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.