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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 2024: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

First Quarter at

19:13UTC

Moon phase on April 15, 2024First Quarter

Monday 15 April 2024394,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
394,170 km244,926 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 8, 202418:21
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 15, 202419:13
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 202423:49

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2024 to the new moon of May 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.38 days.