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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 1974: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1974Waning Crescent

Monday 15 July 1974373,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
373,459 km232,056 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 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.