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The Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on November 5, 1974Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 November 1974371,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 5, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
371,620 km230,914 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 31, 197401:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, November 7, 197402:47

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Tuesday, November 5, 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.