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Moon phases August 1973

First quarter
Sun 05 Aug
22:27 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Tue 14 Aug
02:17 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 21 Aug
10:22 UTC
New moon
Tue 28 Aug
03:25 UTC

In August 1973 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Sunday, August 5 at 22:27 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, August 14 at 02:17 UTC, the Last Quarter on Tuesday, August 21 at 10:22 UTC and the New Moon on Tuesday, August 28 at 03:25 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 10% lit 10% 02 Waxing Crescent, 18% lit 18% 03 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 04 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 05First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%22:27 06 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 14Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%02:17 15 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 16 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 17 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 18 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 19 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 20 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 21Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%10:22 22 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 23 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 24 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 25 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 26 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 27 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 28New New Moon, 0% lit 0%03:25 29 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 30 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 31 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13%

Exact phase times

August 1973 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on August 5, the Full Moon on August 14, the Last Quarter on August 21 and the New Moon on August 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterSunday, August 5, 197322:27
Full MoonTuesday, August 14, 197302:17
Last QuarterTuesday, August 21, 197310:22
New MoonTuesday, August 28, 197303:25

Tuesday, August 14, 1973: Sturgeon Moon, 396,362 km from Earth.

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