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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2000: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on December 16, 2000Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 December 2000369,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.0% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
369,419 km229,546 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2000 is on Monday, December 11, 2000 at 09:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 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.