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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 1974: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on November 8, 1974Waning Crescent

Friday 8 November 1974369,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,981 km229,895 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, November 7, 197402:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 14, 197400:53

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.