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The Moon on Friday, January 24, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on January 24, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 January 1975370,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 24, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
370,798 km230,403 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Friday, January 24, 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.