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The Moon on Monday, June 24, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on June 24, 1974Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 June 1974366,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,505 km227,736 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Monday, June 24, 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.