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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1975: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on March 6, 1975Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 March 1975396,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
396,923 km246,636 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 4, 197520:20
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 12, 197523:48

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.