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The Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1975: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Full Moon at

14:40UTC

Moon phase on December 18, 1975Full Moon

Thursday 18 December 1975384,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 18, 1975, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
384,944 km239,193 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 384,514 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 10, 197514:39
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, December 18, 197514:40
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 25, 197514:52

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Thursday, December 18, 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.