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The Moon on Friday, November 22, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on November 22, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 November 1974403,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 22, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
403,501 km250,724 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 21, 197422:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 29, 197415:10

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Friday, November 22, 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.