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The Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1975: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on July 2, 1975Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 July 1975400,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 2, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
400,422 km248,811 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1975 is on Monday, June 23, 1975 at 16:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 9, 1975 at 04:10 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 1, 197516:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 9, 197504:10

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Wednesday, July 2, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 9, 1975 to the new moon of July 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.39 days.