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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 1974: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on May 20, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 20 May 1974375,100 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
375,100 km233,076 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 21, 197420:34

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1974 to the new moon of May 21, 1974, a cycle of 29.43 days.