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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 1974: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on January 17, 1974Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 January 1974398,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
398,495 km247,613 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 15, 197407:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 23, 197411:02

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 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.