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The Moon on Wednesday, August 6, 1975: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on August 6, 1975Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 August 1975364,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 6, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
364,591 km226,546 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1975 is on Wednesday, July 23, 1975 at 05:29 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 7, 1975 at 11:57 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 31, 197508:49
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 7, 197511:57

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Wednesday, August 6, 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.