Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°
Full Moon at
21:28UTC
Moon phase on January 18, 1973Full Moon
On Thursday, January 18, 1973, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
364,523 km226,504 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 365,629 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearPenumbral lunar eclipse
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 18, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 4, 1973 at 15:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, January 12, 1973 | 05:27 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, January 18, 1973 | 21:28 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, January 26, 1973 | 06:05 |
The Moon around January 18
More about this date
Thursday, January 18, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1973, or the whole moon calendar 1973.
- The same date one year apart: 1972 · 1974.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.