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The Moon on Wednesday, February 20, 1974: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on February 20, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 February 1974403,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 20, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
403,782 km250,898 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Wednesday, February 20, 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.