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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 1974: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

New Moon at

16:25UTC

Moon phase on December 13, 1974New Moon

Friday 13 December 1974391,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 1974, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
391,894 km243,512 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1974 is on Friday, November 29, 1974 at 15:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 6, 197410:10
New Moon (this day)Friday, December 13, 197416:25
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 21, 197419:44

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 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.