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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on January 15, 1975Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 January 1975406,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
406,049 km252,307 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 12, 197510:20
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 20, 197515:15

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1975 to the new moon of February 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.79 days.