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The Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1974: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on April 17, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 April 1974400,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
400,019 km248,560 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Wednesday, April 17, 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.