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The Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on December 18, 1974Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 December 1974404,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.7% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
404,884 km251,583 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Wednesday, December 18, 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.