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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on May 11, 1974Waning Gibbous

Saturday 11 May 1974403,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.2% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
403,519 km250,735 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1974 is on Monday, May 6, 1974 at 08:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 6, 197408:55
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 14, 197409:29

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 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.