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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on April 15, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 April 2022375,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
375,655 km233,421 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2022 is on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 18:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 9, 202206:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 16, 202218:55

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2022 to the new moon of April 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.59 days.