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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on April 23, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 April 1975363,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
363,260 km225,719 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 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.