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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on October 22, 1975Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 October 1975397,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
397,827 km247,198 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 3, 1975 at 13:05 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 20, 197505:06
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 27, 197522:07

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 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.