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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1975: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

First Quarter at

14:39UTC

Moon phase on December 10, 1975First Quarter

Wednesday 10 December 1975403,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1975, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.1% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
403,332 km250,619 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 3, 1975 at 00:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 3, 197500:50
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 10, 197514:39
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 18, 197514:40

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.