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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 1974: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on March 19, 1974Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 March 1974403,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
403,640 km250,810 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.