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The Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on July 28, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 July 1974395,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 28, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
395,171 km245,548 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Sunday, July 28, 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.