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The Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 1974: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on June 19, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 June 1974363,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 19, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
363,786 km226,046 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Wednesday, June 19, 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.