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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on May 2, 1975Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 May 1975399,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
399,575 km248,284 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 25, 197519:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 3, 197505:44

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 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.