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The Moon on Monday, August 5, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 5, 1974Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 August 1974404,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 5, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
404,318 km251,231 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Monday, August 5, 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.