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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on May 14, 1975Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 May 1975379,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
379,111 km235,568 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 197507:05
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 18, 197510:29

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.