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The Moon on Monday, June 17, 1974: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 17 June 1974373,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
373,132 km231,853 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 13, 197401:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 20, 197404:56

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Monday, June 17, 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.