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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on October 11, 1975Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 October 1975388,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
388,784 km241,579 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 03:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 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.