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The Moon on Friday, April 24, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 2015Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 April 2015392,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 24, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
392,426 km243,842 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Friday, April 24, 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.