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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1974: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 1974Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 August 1974364,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
364,500 km226,490 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.