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The Moon on Wednesday, April 1, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on April 1, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 April 2015406,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
406,002 km252,278 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 27, 201507:43
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 4, 201512:06

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 2015 to the new moon of April 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.