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The Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on August 4, 1974Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 August 1974405,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 4, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
405,645 km252,056 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 3, 197403:57
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 11, 197402:46

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Sunday, August 4, 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.