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The Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1975: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

First Quarter at

07:39UTC

Moon phase on February 19, 1975First Quarter

Wednesday 19 February 1975385,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 19, 1975, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.0% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
385,042 km239,254 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 11, 197505:17
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 19, 197507:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 26, 197501:15

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Wednesday, February 19, 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.