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The Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 2000: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 19, 2000Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 December 2000383,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 19, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
383,034 km238,006 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2000 is on Monday, December 11, 2000 at 09:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 18, 200000:41
New Moon (after)Monday, December 25, 200017:22

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Tuesday, December 19, 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.