Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on July 21, 1974Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, July 21, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,909 km223,637 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 21, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, July 19, 1974 | 12:06 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, July 26, 1974 | 03:51 |
The Moon around July 21
More about this date
Sunday, July 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 1974, or the whole moon calendar 1974.
- The same date one year apart: 1973 · 1975.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.