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The Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on January 11, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 January 1973377,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
377,264 km234,421 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Thursday, January 11, 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.