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The Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1974: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on January 19, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 January 1974404,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 19, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
404,249 km251,188 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Saturday, January 19, 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.