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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 1975368,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
368,324 km228,866 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 197510:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.