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The Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on July 25, 1974Waxing Crescent

Thursday 25 July 1974379,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 25, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
379,774 km235,981 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Thursday, July 25, 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.