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The Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on January 28, 1975Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 January 1975357,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 28, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
357,601 km222,203 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 27, 197515:10
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 3, 197506:23

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Tuesday, January 28, 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.