Waxing · 27.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°
Moon age
5.8days
Moon phase on December 31, 2000Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, December 31, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.1% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
27.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
402,272 km249,960 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 2000 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 25, 2000 at 17:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, December 25, 2000 | 17:22 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, January 2, 2001 | 22:32 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Sunday, December 31, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 2000 to the new moon of January 24, 2001, a cycle of 29.82 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2000, or the whole moon calendar 2000.
- The same date one year apart: 1999 · 2001.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.