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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1974: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on March 17, 1974Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 March 1974404,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
404,600 km251,407 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 15, 197419:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 23, 197421:24

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1974 to the new moon of March 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.66 days.