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The Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 July 1974401,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 30, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
401,912 km249,736 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Tuesday, July 30, 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.