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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on March 13, 1974Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 March 1974392,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
392,148 km243,670 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 8, 197410:03
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 15, 197419:15

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.