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The Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on August 12, 1975Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 August 1975369,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 12, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
369,465 km229,575 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1975 is on Thursday, August 21, 1975 at 19:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 7, 1975 at 11:57 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 7, 197511:57
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 14, 197502:24

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Tuesday, August 12, 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.