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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 1, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 August 1974405,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
405,519 km251,977 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 19, 1974 at 12:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.