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The Moon on Friday, December 20, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 1974Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 December 1974404,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 20, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
404,096 km251,093 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Friday, December 20, 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.