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The Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on July 16, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 July 1975374,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 16, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
374,456 km232,676 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1975 is on Wednesday, July 23, 1975 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 9, 1975 at 04:10 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 15, 197519:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 23, 197505:29

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Wednesday, July 16, 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.