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The Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on April 10, 1974Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 10 April 1974392,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 10, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
392,898 km244,135 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 6, 197421:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 14, 197414:58

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Wednesday, April 10, 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.