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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 1975: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on February 8, 1975Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 February 1975402,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
402,364 km250,018 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 3, 197506:23
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 11, 197505:17

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 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.