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The Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on July 27, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 July 1974390,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 27, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.9% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
390,630 km242,726 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 26, 197403:51
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 3, 197403:57

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Saturday, July 27, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1974 to the new moon of August 17, 1974, a cycle of 29.29 days.