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The Moon on Friday, January 25, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 25, 1974Waxing Crescent

Friday 25 January 1974402,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 25, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
402,405 km250,043 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Friday, January 25, 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.