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The Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1974: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Last Quarter at

19:46UTC

Moon phase on October 8, 1974Last Quarter

Tuesday 8 October 1974373,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 8, 1974, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
373,012 km231,779 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 1, 197410:38
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 8, 197419:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 15, 197412:25

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Tuesday, October 8, 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.