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The Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on January 16, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 January 1973362,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 16, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
362,577 km225,295 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Tuesday, January 16, 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.