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The Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 21, 1975Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 December 1975375,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 21, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
375,406 km233,266 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 18, 197514:40
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 25, 197514:52

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Sunday, December 21, 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.