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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 2048Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 April 2048404,057 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
404,057 km251,069 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2048 is on Tuesday, April 28, 2048 at 11:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 13, 2048 at 05:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 13, 204805:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 21, 204810:02

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 2048 to the new moon of May 12, 2048, a cycle of 29.65 days.