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The Moon on Monday, September 9, 1974: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Last Quarter at

12:01UTC

Moon phase on September 9, 1974Last Quarter

Monday 9 September 1974376,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 9, 1974, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
376,521 km233,959 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1974 is on Sunday, September 1, 1974 at 19:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 1, 197419:25
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, September 9, 197412:01
New Moon (after)Monday, September 16, 197402:45

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Monday, September 9, 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.