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The Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 August 1974405,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 31, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
405,355 km251,876 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 17, 1974 at 19:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 24, 197415:39
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 1, 197419:25

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Saturday, August 31, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1974 to the new moon of September 16, 1974, a cycle of 29.32 days.