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The Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on November 5, 1975Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 November 1975370,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 5, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
370,324 km230,109 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1975 is on Tuesday, November 18, 1975 at 22:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 3, 1975 at 13:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 3, 197513:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 10, 197518:21

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Wednesday, November 5, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 3, 1975 to the new moon of December 3, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.