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Moon phases December 1973

First quarter
Mon 03 Dec
01:29 UTC
Full · Cold
Mon 10 Dec
01:35 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 16 Dec
17:13 UTC
New moon
Mon 24 Dec
15:07 UTC

In December 1973 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Monday, December 3 at 01:29 UTC, the Full Moon on Monday, December 10 at 01:35 UTC, the Last Quarter on Sunday, December 16 at 17:13 UTC and the New Moon on Monday, December 24 at 15:07 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 35% lit 35% 02 Waxing Crescent, 45% lit 45% 03First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%01:29 04 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 05 Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 10Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%01:35 11 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 12 Waning Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 13 Waning Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 14 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 15 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 16Last Q Last Quarter, 52% lit 52%17:13 17 Waning Crescent, 42% lit 42% 18 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 19 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 20 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15% 21 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 22 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 23 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 24New New Moon, 0% lit 0%15:07 25 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 26 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 27 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 28 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 29 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 30 Waxing Crescent, 28% lit 28% 31 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37%

Exact phase times

December 1973 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 3, the Full Moon on December 10, the Last Quarter on December 16 and the New Moon on December 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterMonday, December 3, 197301:29
Full MoonMonday, December 10, 197301:35
Last QuarterSunday, December 16, 197317:13
New MoonMonday, December 24, 197315:07

Monday, December 10, 1973: Cold Moon, 358,767 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearPartial 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