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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 1974: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 July 1974362,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
362,846 km225,462 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 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.