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The Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1975: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

First Quarter at

19:47UTC

Moon phase on July 15, 1975First Quarter

Tuesday 15 July 1975371,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 15, 1975, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
371,189 km230,646 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1975 is on Wednesday, July 23, 1975 at 05:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 9, 1975 at 04:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 9, 197504:10
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 15, 197519:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 23, 197505:29

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Tuesday, July 15, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 9, 1975 to the new moon of August 7, 1975, a cycle of 29.32 days.