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The Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on April 7, 2015Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 7 April 2015394,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
394,847 km245,346 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 4, 201512:06
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 12, 201503:45

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Tuesday, April 7, 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.