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The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 29, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 April 2015405,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,011 km251,662 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 18:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.