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The Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on April 30, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 April 1974371,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 30, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.5% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
371,492 km230,834 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 29, 197407:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 6, 197408:55

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Tuesday, April 30, 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.