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The Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1975: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on July 5, 1975Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 July 1975386,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 5, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
386,970 km240,452 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1975 is on Monday, June 23, 1975 at 16:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 9, 1975 at 04:10 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Saturday, July 5, 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.