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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 1974: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on March 22, 1974Waning Crescent

Friday 22 March 1974395,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
395,526 km245,769 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.