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The Moon on Friday, February 8, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on February 8, 1974Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 February 1974364,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 8, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
364,105 km226,244 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 6, 197423:24
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 14, 197400:04

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Friday, February 8, 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.