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The Moon on Monday, September 2, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on September 2, 1974Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 September 1974402,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 2, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
402,243 km249,942 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 1, 197419:25
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 9, 197412:01

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Monday, September 2, 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.