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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on April 15, 2009Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 April 2009403,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.2% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
403,732 km250,867 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:23 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 9, 200914:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 17, 200913:37

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2009 to the new moon of April 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.47 days.