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The Moon on Monday, January 21, 1974: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on January 21, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 21 January 1974406,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 21, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
406,403 km252,527 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Monday, January 21, 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.