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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 October 1975405,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
405,576 km252,013 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 5, 1975 at 03:23 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 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.