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The Moon on Monday, December 8, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 8, 1975Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 December 1975397,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 8, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
397,498 km246,994 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 3, 1975 at 00:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Monday, December 8, 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.