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The Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on July 24, 1974Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 July 1974373,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
373,966 km232,372 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Wednesday, July 24, 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.