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The Moon on Thursday, August 7, 1975: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

New Moon at

11:57UTC

Moon phase on August 7, 1975New Moon

Thursday 7 August 1975361,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 7, 1975, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
361,488 km224,618 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1975 is on Thursday, August 21, 1975 at 19:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 7, 1975 at 11:57 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 31, 197508:49
New Moon (this day)Thursday, August 7, 197511:57
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 14, 197502:24

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Thursday, August 7, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 7, 1975 to the new moon of September 5, 1975, a cycle of 29.31 days.