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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1974: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on October 10, 1974Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 October 1974367,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
367,778 km228,526 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 8, 197419:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 15, 197412:25

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 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.