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The Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 1975Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 October 1975394,707 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 23, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
394,707 km245,260 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 3, 1975 at 13:05 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Thursday, October 23, 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.