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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on October 7, 1974Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 October 1974376,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.7% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
376,148 km233,728 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1974 is on Tuesday, October 1, 1974 at 10:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 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.