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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1975: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on May 7, 1975Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 May 1975402,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
402,356 km250,012 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 3, 197505:44
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 11, 197507:05

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 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.