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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 1975: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on January 6, 1975Waning Crescent

Monday 6 January 1975382,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
382,034 km237,385 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1975 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 4, 197519:04
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 12, 197510:20

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1974 to the new moon of January 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.75 days.