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The Moon on Friday, January 4, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on January 4, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 January 1974370,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 4, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
370,347 km230,123 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Friday, January 4, 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.