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The Moon on Friday, January 11, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on January 11, 1974Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 January 1974365,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 11, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
365,109 km226,868 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Friday, January 11, 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.