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The Moon on Monday, March 24, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on March 24, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 March 1975361,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 24, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
361,705 km224,753 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 12, 1975 at 23:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 20, 197520:05
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 27, 197510:36

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Monday, March 24, 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.