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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1974: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Last Quarter at

09:29UTC

Moon phase on May 14, 1974Last Quarter

Tuesday 14 May 1974402,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 1974, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.1% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
402,348 km250,008 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 6, 197408:55
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 197420:34

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1974 to the new moon of May 21, 1974, a cycle of 29.43 days.