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The Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on September 6, 1975Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 September 1975357,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 6, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
357,379 km222,065 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1975 is on Saturday, September 20, 1975 at 11:51 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 5, 1975 at 19:19 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 5, 197519:19
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 12, 197511:59

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Saturday, September 6, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 1975 to the new moon of October 5, 1975, a cycle of 29.34 days.