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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on October 29, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 October 1974391,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
391,931 km243,535 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 15, 1974 at 12:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.