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The Moon on Friday, December 27, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 27, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 December 1974371,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 27, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
371,220 km230,665 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1974 is on Sunday, December 29, 1974 at 03:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 13, 1974 at 16:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Friday, December 27, 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.