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The Moon on Friday, July 19, 1974: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

New Moon at

12:06UTC

Moon phase on July 19, 1974New Moon

Friday 19 July 1974357,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 19, 1974, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
357,664 km222,242 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 12, 197415:28
New Moon (this day)Friday, July 19, 197412:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 26, 197403:51

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Friday, July 19, 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.