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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on April 17, 1975Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 April 1975379,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
379,623 km235,887 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 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.