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The Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1974: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

First Quarter at

18:06UTC

Moon phase on January 1, 1974First Quarter

Tuesday 1 January 1974388,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 1, 1974, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
388,509 km241,408 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 24, 197315:07
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 1, 197418:06
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 8, 197412:36

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Tuesday, January 1, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1973 to the new moon of January 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.83 days.