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The Moon on Tuesday, October 28, 1975: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on October 28, 1975Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 October 1975373,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 28, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
373,661 km232,182 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1975 is on Monday, October 20, 1975 at 05:06 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 3, 1975 at 13:05 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 27, 197522:07
New Moon (after)Monday, November 3, 197513:05

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Tuesday, October 28, 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.