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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1974Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 May 1974364,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
364,713 km226,622 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 21, 197420:34
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 28, 197413:03

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1974 to the new moon of June 20, 1974, a cycle of 29.35 days.