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The Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1974: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on September 14, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 September 1974360,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 14, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
360,434 km223,963 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Saturday, September 14, 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.