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The Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on December 17, 1974Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 December 1974403,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
403,593 km250,781 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Tuesday, December 17, 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.