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The Moon on Saturday, January 26, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on January 26, 1974Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 January 1974399,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 26, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
399,916 km248,496 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Saturday, January 26, 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.