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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on October 18, 1974Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 October 1974384,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
384,566 km238,958 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 15, 197412:25
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 23, 197401:53

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1974 to the new moon of November 14, 1974, a cycle of 29.52 days.