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The Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on January 30, 1974Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 January 1974383,875 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 30, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
383,875 km238,529 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Wednesday, January 30, 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.