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The Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1974: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on December 8, 1974Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 December 1974376,104 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 8, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
376,104 km233,700 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Sunday, December 8, 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.