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The Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1974: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Full Moon at

10:38UTC

Moon phase on October 1, 1974Full Moon

Tuesday 1 October 1974396,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 1, 1974, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
396,072 km246,108 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 396,248 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 23, 197407:08
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, October 1, 197410:38
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 8, 197419:46

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Tuesday, October 1, 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.