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The Moon on Monday, July 8, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on July 8, 1974Waning Gibbous

Monday 8 July 1974404,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 8, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
404,950 km251,624 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Monday, July 8, 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.