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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 1974: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on January 18, 1974Waning Crescent

Friday 18 January 1974401,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
401,853 km249,700 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.