Waxing · 55.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°
First Quarter at
01:44UTC
Moon phase on March 31, 1974First Quarter
On Sunday, March 31, 1974, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.0% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
55.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
369,921 km229,858 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 31, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, March 23, 1974 | 21:24 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, March 31, 1974 | 01:44 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, April 6, 1974 | 21:00 |
The Moon around March 31
More about this date
Sunday, March 31, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1974 to the new moon of April 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.54 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1974, or the whole moon calendar 1974.
- The same date one year apart: 1973 · 1975.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.