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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 1975: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 1975Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 December 1975404,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
404,139 km251,120 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 3, 1975 at 00:50 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 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.