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The Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on April 12, 1975Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 April 1975397,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 12, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
397,212 km246,816 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 11, 197516:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 19, 197504:41

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Saturday, April 12, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1975 to the new moon of May 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.60 days.