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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on October 9, 1975Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 October 1975376,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
376,544 km233,973 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 03:23 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 5, 197503:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 12, 197501:15

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1975 to the new moon of November 3, 1975, a cycle of 29.40 days.