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The Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on September 29, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 September 1974401,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 29, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
401,613 km249,550 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 16, 1974 at 02:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Sunday, September 29, 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.