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The Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 1974: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 11, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 September 1974367,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 11, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,546 km228,382 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 9, 197412:01
New Moon (after)Monday, September 16, 197402:45

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Wednesday, September 11, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1974 to the new moon of September 16, 1974, a cycle of 29.32 days.