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The Moon on Monday, April 15, 1974: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on April 15, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 15 April 1974403,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 15, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,943 km250,998 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 14, 197414:58
New Moon (after)Monday, April 22, 197410:17

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Monday, April 15, 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.