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The Moon on Sunday, April 19, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on April 19, 2015Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 April 2015365,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 19, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
365,482 km227,100 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 18, 201518:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 25, 201523:55

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Sunday, April 19, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2015 to the new moon of May 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.