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The Moon on Tuesday, April 22, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on April 22, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 April 1975363,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 22, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,972 km226,162 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 19, 197504:41
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 25, 197519:55

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Tuesday, April 22, 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.