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The Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on January 13, 1974Waning Gibbous

Sunday 13 January 1974376,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 13, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
376,907 km234,199 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1974 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Sunday, January 13, 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.