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The Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on June 22, 1974Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 June 1974360,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 22, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,841 km224,216 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 20, 197404:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 26, 197419:20

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Saturday, June 22, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1974 to the new moon of July 19, 1974, a cycle of 29.30 days.