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The Moon on Monday, January 29, 1973: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on January 29, 1973Waning Crescent

Monday 29 January 1973404,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
404,530 km251,363 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 26, 197306:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 3, 197309:23

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Monday, January 29, 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.