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Moon phases January 1973

New moon
Thu 04 Jan
15:43 UTC
First quarter
Fri 12 Jan
05:27 UTC
Full · Wolf
Thu 18 Jan
21:28 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 26 Jan
06:05 UTC

In January 1973 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Thursday, January 4 at 15:43 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, January 12 at 05:27 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, January 18 at 21:28 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, January 26 at 06:05 UTC. The full moon is the Wolf Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 02 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 03 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04New New Moon, 0% lit 0%15:43 05 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 06 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 07 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 08 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 09 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 10 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 11 Waxing Crescent, 42% lit 42% 12First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:27 13 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%21:28 19 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 21 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 22 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 23 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 24 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 25 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 26Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%06:05 27 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 28 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 29 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 30 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 31 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8%

Exact phase times

January 1973 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on January 4, the First Quarter on January 12, the Full Moon on January 18 and the Last Quarter on January 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonThursday, January 4, 197315:43
First QuarterFriday, January 12, 197305:27
Full MoonThursday, January 18, 197321:28
Last QuarterFriday, January 26, 197306:05

Thursday, January 18, 1973: Wolf Moon, 365,629 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearPenumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1973

Twelve full moons, three super

18 Jan Wolf penumbral eclipse 17 Feb Snow 18 Mar Worm 17 Apr Pink 17 May Flower Micromoon 15 Jun Straw­berry penumbral eclipse 15 Jul Buck penumbral eclipse 14 Aug Sturgeon 12 Sept Harvest 12 Oct Hunter’s 10 Nov Beaver Supermoon 10 Dec Cold partial eclipse