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The Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on January 23, 1973Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 January 1973389,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 23, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.0% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
389,058 km241,749 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Tuesday, January 23, 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.