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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on May 29, 1975Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 May 1975396,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
396,096 km246,123 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 9, 1975 at 18:49 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 25, 197505:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 1, 197523:23

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 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.