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The Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on April 28, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 April 2015404,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,825 km251,546 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 25, 201523:55
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 4, 201503:42

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Tuesday, April 28, 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.