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The Moon on Friday, April 19, 1974: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on April 19, 1974Waning Crescent

Friday 19 April 1974392,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 19, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
392,415 km243,836 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Friday, April 19, 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.