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The Moon on Friday, October 25, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 25, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 October 1974403,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 25, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
403,778 km250,896 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Friday, October 25, 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.