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The Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on March 14, 1974Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 March 1974396,891 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 14, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
396,891 km246,616 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1974 is on Friday, March 8, 1974 at 10:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Thursday, March 14, 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.