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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 21, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 July 1975392,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
392,024 km243,592 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1975 is on Wednesday, July 23, 1975 at 05:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 9, 1975 at 04:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.