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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 1974Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 July 1974357,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
357,857 km222,362 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 19, 197412:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 26, 197403:51

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1974 to the new moon of August 17, 1974, a cycle of 29.29 days.