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The Moon on Friday, October 11, 1974: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 11, 1974Waning Crescent

Friday 11 October 1974366,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 11, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
366,101 km227,484 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 8, 197419:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 15, 197412:25

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Friday, October 11, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1974 to the new moon of October 15, 1974, a cycle of 29.40 days.