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The Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1974: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

First Quarter at

22:40UTC

Moon phase on November 21, 1974First Quarter

Thursday 21 November 1974404,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 21, 1974, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
404,394 km251,279 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 14, 197400:53
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, November 21, 197422:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 29, 197415:10

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Thursday, November 21, 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.