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The Moon on Friday, March 1, 1974: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

First Quarter at

18:03UTC

Moon phase on March 1, 1974First Quarter

Friday 1 March 1974374,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 1, 1974, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.3% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
374,786 km232,881 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 22, 197405:34
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 1, 197418:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 8, 197410:03

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Friday, March 1, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 22, 1974 to the new moon of March 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.66 days.