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The Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1974: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 7, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 December 1974373,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 7, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
373,566 km232,123 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 6, 197410:10
New Moon (after)Friday, December 13, 197416:25

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Saturday, December 7, 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.