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The Moon on Monday, April 29, 1974: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

First Quarter at

07:39UTC

Moon phase on April 29, 1974First Quarter

Monday 29 April 1974370,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 29, 1974, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
370,275 km230,078 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 22, 197410:17
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 29, 197407:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 6, 197408:55

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Monday, April 29, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1974 to the new moon of May 21, 1974, a cycle of 29.43 days.