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The Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1999: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 1999Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 April 1999361,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 15, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
361,584 km224,678 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1999 is on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 22:49 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 9, 199902:51
New Moon (after)Friday, April 16, 199904:22

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Thursday, April 15, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 1999 to the new moon of April 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.40 days.