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The Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1974: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on November 12, 1974Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 November 1974375,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 12, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
375,946 km233,602 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Tuesday, November 12, 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.