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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 2015: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 15, 2015Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 April 2015363,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,113 km225,628 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 12, 201503:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 18, 201518:57

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 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.