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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on October 4, 1974Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 October 1974386,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
386,167 km239,953 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 1, 197410:38
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 8, 197419:46

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 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.