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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1974Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 January 1974404,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
404,305 km251,224 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 23, 197411:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 31, 197407:39

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1974 to the new moon of February 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.77 days.