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The Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on September 19, 1974Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 September 1974377,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 19, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
377,862 km234,792 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Thursday, September 19, 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.