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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on January 9, 1974Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 January 1974357,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
357,605 km222,205 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 8, 197412:36
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 15, 197407:04

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 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.