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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 15, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 April 2016391,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
391,915 km243,525 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 14, 201604:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 201605:24

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2016 to the new moon of May 6, 2016, a cycle of 29.34 days.