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The Moon on Friday, September 27, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on September 27, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 September 1974404,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 27, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
404,848 km251,561 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Friday, September 27, 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.