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The Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1975: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 1975Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 July 1975381,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 6, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
381,561 km237,091 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1975 is on Monday, June 23, 1975 at 16:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 9, 1975 at 04:10 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Sunday, July 6, 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.