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The Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 September 1975403,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 17, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
403,711 km250,855 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1975 is on Saturday, September 20, 1975 at 11:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 5, 1975 at 19:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Wednesday, September 17, 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.