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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on January 5, 1973Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 January 1973398,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
398,458 km247,590 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 4, 197315:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 12, 197305:27

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 1973 to the new moon of February 3, 1973, a cycle of 29.74 days.