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The Moon on Thursday, April 11, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on April 11, 1974Waning Gibbous

Thursday 11 April 1974397,102 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 11, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
397,102 km246,747 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1974 is on Saturday, April 6, 1974 at 21:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Thursday, April 11, 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.