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The Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on September 8, 1974Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 September 1974381,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 8, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
381,230 km236,885 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Sunday, September 8, 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.