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The Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on January 13, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 January 1973369,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 13, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
369,461 km229,572 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 12, 197305:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 18, 197321:28

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Saturday, January 13, 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.