Waxing · 18.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°
Moon age
3.7days
Moon phase on August 21, 1974Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, August 21, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.8% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
18.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
372,317 km231,347 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 17, 1974 | 19:02 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 24, 1974 | 15:39 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Wednesday, August 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1974, or the whole moon calendar 1974.
- The same date one year apart: 1973 · 1975.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.