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The Moon on Tuesday, January 15, 1974: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Last Quarter at

07:04UTC

Moon phase on January 15, 1974Last Quarter

Tuesday 15 January 1974388,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 15, 1974, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
388,995 km241,710 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 8, 197412:36
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 15, 197407:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 23, 197411:02

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Tuesday, January 15, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1973 to the new moon of January 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.83 days.