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The Moon on Friday, April 17, 2015: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on April 17, 2015Waning Crescent

Friday 17 April 2015361,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
361,110 km224,383 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Friday, April 17, 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.