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The Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1974: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

First Quarter at

19:20UTC

Moon phase on June 26, 1974First Quarter

Wednesday 26 June 1974375,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 26, 1974, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
375,494 km233,321 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 20, 197404:56
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 26, 197419:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 4, 197412:41

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Wednesday, June 26, 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.