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The Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on January 10, 1973Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 January 1973381,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 10, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
381,297 km236,927 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Wednesday, January 10, 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.