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The Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1974: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 12, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 October 1974365,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 12, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
365,370 km227,030 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Saturday, October 12, 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.