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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1975: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 2, 1975Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 October 1975361,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
361,639 km224,712 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1975 is on Saturday, September 20, 1975 at 11:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 03:23 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 28, 197511:46
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 5, 197503:23

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 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.