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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on June 23, 1974Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 June 1974363,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,066 km225,599 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.