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The Moon on Wednesday, December 3, 1975: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

New Moon at

00:50UTC

Moon phase on December 3, 1975New Moon

Wednesday 3 December 1975373,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 3, 1975, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
373,157 km231,869 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1975 is on Tuesday, November 18, 1975 at 22:28 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 3, 1975 at 00:50 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 26, 197506:52
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, December 3, 197500:50
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 10, 197514:39

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Wednesday, December 3, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 1975 to the new moon of January 1, 1976, a cycle of 29.58 days.