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The Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on March 2, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 March 1974371,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 2, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
371,021 km230,542 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 1, 197418:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 8, 197410:03

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Saturday, March 2, 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.