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The Moon on Monday, April 1, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on April 1, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Monday 1 April 1974368,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 1, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
368,793 km229,157 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 31, 197401:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 6, 197421:00

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Monday, April 1, 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.