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The Moon on Friday, April 3, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on April 3, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 April 2015404,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 3, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
404,535 km251,366 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Friday, April 3, 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.