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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 26, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 December 1974376,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
376,623 km234,022 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 21, 197419:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 29, 197403:51

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1974 to the new moon of January 12, 1975, a cycle of 29.75 days.