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The Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on September 16, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 September 1975401,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 16, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
401,339 km249,380 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1975 is on Saturday, September 20, 1975 at 11:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 5, 1975 at 19:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Tuesday, September 16, 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.