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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on September 28, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 September 1974403,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
403,614 km250,794 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 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.