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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on March 15, 1975Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 March 1975400,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
400,678 km248,970 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1975 to the new moon of April 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.70 days.