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The Moon on Wednesday, April 22, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on April 22, 2015Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 April 2015381,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
381,020 km236,754 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Wednesday, April 22, 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.