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The Moon on Thursday, April 15, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 2010Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 April 2010389,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 15, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
389,420 km241,975 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 201012:29
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 21, 201018:20

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Thursday, April 15, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2010 to the new moon of May 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.52 days.