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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on April 15, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 April 2019365,419 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
365,419 km227,061 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 12, 201919:06
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 19, 201911:12

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.