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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 2002Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 April 2002397,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
397,380 km246,921 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 12, 200219:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 20, 200212:48

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2002 to the new moon of May 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.64 days.