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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on May 24, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 May 1975374,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
374,307 km232,584 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 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.