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The Moon on Friday, April 18, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on April 18, 1975Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 April 1975375,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 18, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
375,775 km233,495 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Friday, April 18, 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.