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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on October 24, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 October 1974404,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
404,441 km251,308 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 23, 197401:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 31, 197401:19

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1974 to the new moon of November 14, 1974, a cycle of 29.52 days.