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The Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 21, 2015Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 April 2015375,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
375,162 km233,115 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Tuesday, April 21, 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.