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The Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on November 17, 1974Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 November 1974395,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
395,938 km246,024 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 14, 197400:53
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 21, 197422:40

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Sunday, November 17, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 14, 1974 to the new moon of December 13, 1974, a cycle of 29.65 days.