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The Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on January 20, 1973Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 January 1973372,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
372,216 km231,284 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 18, 197321:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 26, 197306:05

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Saturday, January 20, 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.