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The Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1975: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on April 9, 1975Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 April 1975404,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 9, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
404,350 km251,251 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1975 is on Thursday, March 27, 1975 at 10:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 3, 197512:25
New Moon (after)Friday, April 11, 197516:39

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Wednesday, April 9, 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.