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The Moon on Thursday, April 24, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on April 24, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 April 1975363,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 24, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
363,925 km226,133 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 11, 1975 at 16:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Thursday, April 24, 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.