New moon dates 1974
- 1974: 12 × new moon — 23 January 1974, 22 February 1974, 24 March 1974, 22 April 1974, 21 May 1974, 20 June 1974, 19 July 1974, 17 August 1974, 16 September 1974, 15 October 1974, 14 November 1974, 13 December 1974.
New moon dates 1974
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 23 Jan | 11:01 | passed |
| Fri 22 Feb | 05:33 | passed |
| Sun 24 Mar | 21:23 | passed |
| Mon 22 Apr | 10:16 | passed |
| Tue 21 May | 20:33 | passed |
| Thu 20 Jun | 04:55 | passed |
| Fri 19 Jul | 12:05 | passed |
| Sat 17 Aug | 19:01 | passed |
| Mon 16 Sep | 02:44 | passed |
| Tue 15 Oct | 12:24 | passed |
| Thu 14 Nov | 00:52 | passed |
| Fri 13 Dec | 16:24 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.