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The Moon on Thursday, March 20, 1975: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

First Quarter at

20:05UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 1975First Quarter

Thursday 20 March 1975380,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 20, 1975, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
380,399 km236,369 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 12, 197523:48
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 20, 197520:05
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 27, 197510:36

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Thursday, March 20, 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.