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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 October 1974401,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
401,974 km249,775 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 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.