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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on January 23, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 January 1975377,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
377,005 km234,260 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.