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The Moon on Sunday, July 14, 1974: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 14, 1974Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 July 1974379,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 14, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
379,621 km235,886 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Sunday, July 14, 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.