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The Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 14, 2000Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 December 2000362,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 14, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
362,542 km225,273 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2000 is on Monday, December 11, 2000 at 09:03 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 11, 200009:03
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 18, 200000:41

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Thursday, December 14, 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.