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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on October 15, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 October 1975404,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,305 km251,224 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 03:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 12, 197501:15
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 20, 197505:06

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 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.