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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on March 24, 1974Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 March 1974388,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
388,345 km241,306 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 23, 197421:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 31, 197401:44

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1974 to the new moon of April 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.54 days.