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The Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on June 29, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 June 1974389,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 29, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.3% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
389,350 km241,931 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 26, 197419:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 4, 197412:41

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Saturday, June 29, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1974 to the new moon of July 19, 1974, a cycle of 29.30 days.