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The Moon on Saturday, July 13, 1974: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on July 13, 1974Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 July 1974385,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 13, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
385,709 km239,668 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 12, 197415:28
New Moon (after)Friday, July 19, 197412:06

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Saturday, July 13, 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.