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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1974: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 18, 1974Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 July 1974359,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
359,383 km223,310 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.