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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on March 19, 1975Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 March 1975385,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.1% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
385,448 km239,506 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 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.