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The Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 24, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 September 1974402,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.6% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
402,334 km249,999 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 23, 197407:08
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 1, 197410:38

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Tuesday, September 24, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1974 to the new moon of October 15, 1974, a cycle of 29.40 days.