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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2000: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 2000Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 2000387,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 2000, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
387,318 km240,668 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2000 is on Monday, December 11, 2000 at 09:03 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.