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The Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1974: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 18, 1974Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 June 1974367,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
367,910 km228,609 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Tuesday, June 18, 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.