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The Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on March 18, 1975Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 March 1975390,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 18, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
390,091 km242,392 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Tuesday, March 18, 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.