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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1974: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on April 16, 1974Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 April 1974402,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
402,554 km250,135 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 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.