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The Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on March 7, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 March 1974364,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 7, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
364,086 km226,233 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Thursday, March 7, 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.