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The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on May 1, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 May 1974373,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
373,152 km231,866 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 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.