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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1975: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Last Quarter at

14:52UTC

Moon phase on December 25, 1975Last Quarter

Thursday 25 December 1975370,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 1975, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
370,378 km230,142 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1975 is on Thursday, December 18, 1975 at 14:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 18, 197514:40
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 25, 197514:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 1, 197614:40

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 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.