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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on January 22, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 January 1975383,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
383,382 km238,223 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 20, 197515:15
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 27, 197515:10

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 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.