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The Moon on Friday, February 15, 1974: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on February 15, 1974Waning Crescent

Friday 15 February 1974401,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 15, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.8% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
401,521 km249,493 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 14, 197400:04
New Moon (after)Friday, February 22, 197405:34

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Friday, February 15, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1974 to the new moon of February 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.77 days.