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The Moon on Monday, October 14, 1974: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 14, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 14 October 1974367,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 14, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
367,479 km228,341 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Monday, October 14, 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.