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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 1974Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 September 1974367,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
367,121 km228,118 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 16, 197402:45
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 23, 197407:08

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1974 to the new moon of October 15, 1974, a cycle of 29.40 days.