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The Moon on Monday, April 20, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 2015Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 April 2015369,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
369,828 km229,801 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 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.