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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1975: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1975Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 October 1975357,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,478 km222,126 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1975 is on Saturday, September 20, 1975 at 11:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 03:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 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.