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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 2020: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on April 15, 2020Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 April 2020393,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
393,265 km244,364 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 14, 202022:56
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 23, 202002:26

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 2020 to the new moon of April 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.71 days.