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The Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on April 2, 1975Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 April 1975391,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 2, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
391,013 km242,964 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 27, 197510:36
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 3, 197512:25

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Wednesday, April 2, 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.