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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1974: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 13, 1974Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 August 1974369,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
369,499 km229,596 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 11, 197402:46
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 17, 197419:02

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 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.