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The Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1974Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 September 1974393,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 5, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
393,706 km244,638 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Thursday, September 5, 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.