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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1974: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Last Quarter at

02:46UTC

Moon phase on August 11, 1974Last Quarter

Sunday 11 August 1974380,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1974, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
380,872 km236,663 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1974 is on Saturday, August 3, 1974 at 03:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 3, 197403:57
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 11, 197402:46
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 17, 197419:02

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 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.