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The Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on December 14, 1974Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 December 1974395,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 14, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
395,343 km245,655 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 13, 197416:25
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 21, 197419:44

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Saturday, December 14, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1974 to the new moon of January 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.75 days.