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The Moon on Sunday, July 7, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on July 7, 1974Waning Gibbous

Sunday 7 July 1974405,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 7, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
405,904 km252,217 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 4, 197412:41
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 12, 197415:28

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Sunday, July 7, 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.