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The Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on April 8, 2015Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 April 2015391,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
391,355 km243,176 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Wednesday, April 8, 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.