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The Moon on Saturday, April 15, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 April 2000379,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 15, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
379,814 km236,005 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2000 is on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 17:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 at 18:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 200013:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 18, 200017:42

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Saturday, April 15, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 2000 to the new moon of May 4, 2000, a cycle of 29.42 days.