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The Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on February 18, 1975Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 February 1975390,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 18, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
390,612 km242,715 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 11, 197505:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 19, 197507:39

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Tuesday, February 18, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 1975 to the new moon of March 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.77 days.