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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on December 15, 1974Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 December 1974398,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
398,590 km247,672 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.