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The Moon on Thursday, January 30, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on January 30, 1975Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 January 1975361,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 30, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
361,647 km224,717 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Thursday, January 30, 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.