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The Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on October 30, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 October 1974387,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 30, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
387,957 km241,065 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1974 is on Thursday, October 31, 1974 at 01:19 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 14, 1974 at 00:53 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Wednesday, October 30, 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.