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The Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on September 7, 1974Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 September 1974385,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 7, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
385,751 km239,695 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Saturday, September 7, 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.