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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on January 26, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 January 1975361,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
361,004 km224,318 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 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.