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The Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on January 3, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 January 1974376,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 3, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
376,468 km233,926 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 1, 197418:06
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 8, 197412:36

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Thursday, January 3, 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.