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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1974Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 August 1974366,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
366,686 km227,848 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 17, 197419:02
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 24, 197415:39

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1974 to the new moon of September 16, 1974, a cycle of 29.32 days.