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The Moon on Saturday, April 25, 2015: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

First Quarter at

23:55UTC

Moon phase on April 25, 2015First Quarter

Saturday 25 April 2015397,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 25, 2015, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
397,173 km246,792 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 18, 201518:57
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 25, 201523:55
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 4, 201503:42

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Saturday, April 25, 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.