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The Moon on Monday, November 18, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on November 18, 1974Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 November 1974399,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
399,545 km248,266 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Monday, November 18, 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.