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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 1974Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 July 1974368,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
368,407 km228,917 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.