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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 2015Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 April 2015386,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
386,921 km240,422 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 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.