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The Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1974: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Full Moon at

21:00UTC

Moon phase on April 6, 1974Full Moon

Saturday 6 April 1974375,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 6, 1974, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
375,038 km233,038 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 376,429 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 23, 1974 at 21:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 31, 197401:44
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, April 6, 197421:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 14, 197414:58

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Saturday, April 6, 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.