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The Moon on Monday, January 15, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on January 15, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 January 1973363,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 15, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,799 km226,054 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Monday, January 15, 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.