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The Moon on Monday, December 9, 1974: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on December 9, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 9 December 1974378,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 9, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
378,875 km235,422 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Monday, December 9, 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.