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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1974: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on May 15, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 May 1974399,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
399,495 km248,234 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 197420:34

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 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.