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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1974: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on February 17, 1974Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 February 1974405,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,469 km251,947 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 14, 197400:04
New Moon (after)Friday, February 22, 197405:34

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 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.