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The Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 7, 1974Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 August 1974399,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 7, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
399,442 km248,202 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Wednesday, August 7, 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.