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The Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1974: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on October 22, 1974Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 October 1974401,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 22, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,959 km249,766 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 15, 197412:25
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 23, 197401:53

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Tuesday, October 22, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1974 to the new moon of November 14, 1974, a cycle of 29.52 days.