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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on April 15, 2005Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 April 2005403,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
403,231 km250,556 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 8, 200520:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.