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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 1975: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on December 22, 1975Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 December 1975373,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
373,361 km231,996 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.