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The Moon on Friday, February 1, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on February 1, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 February 1974373,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 1, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
373,269 km231,938 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 31, 197407:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 6, 197423:24

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Friday, February 1, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1974 to the new moon of February 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.77 days.