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The Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 26, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 September 1974405,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 26, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
405,134 km251,739 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Thursday, September 26, 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.