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The Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1974: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on April 18, 1974Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 April 1974396,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
396,546 km246,402 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Thursday, April 18, 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.