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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1974: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 1974Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 December 1974388,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
388,422 km241,354 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 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.