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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on January 17, 1975Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 January 1975404,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.7% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
404,834 km251,552 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.