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The Moon on Monday, February 18, 1974: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on February 18, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 18 February 1974405,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
405,794 km252,149 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Monday, February 18, 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.