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The Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on April 15, 1975Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 April 1975387,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 15, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
387,160 km240,570 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Tuesday, April 15, 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.