Waning · 47.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°
Last Quarter at
06:05UTC
Moon phase on January 26, 1973Last Quarter
On Friday, January 26, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
402,037 km249,814 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 26, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, January 18, 1973 | 21:28 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Friday, January 26, 1973 | 06:05 |
| New Moon (after) | Saturday, February 3, 1973 | 09:23 |
The Moon around January 26
More about this date
Friday, January 26, 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.