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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 31, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 July 1974404,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
404,090 km251,090 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 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.