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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 October 1974395,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
395,782 km245,927 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.