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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 21, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 May 1975368,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
368,466 km228,954 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 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.