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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1975: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

New Moon at

23:48UTC

Moon phase on March 12, 1975New Moon

Wednesday 12 March 1975406,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1975, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
406,009 km252,282 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1975 is on Wednesday, February 26, 1975 at 01:15 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 4, 197520:20
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, March 12, 197523:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 20, 197520:05

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 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.