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The Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1974: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on September 15, 1974Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 September 1974361,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 15, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
361,035 km224,337 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Sunday, September 15, 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.