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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on January 12, 1974Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 January 1974370,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
370,731 km230,361 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 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.