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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on May 4, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 May 1974380,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
380,812 km236,625 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 22, 1974 at 10:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.