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The Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1973: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on January 30, 1973Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 January 1973403,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
403,051 km250,444 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1973 is on Thursday, January 18, 1973 at 21:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Tuesday, January 30, 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.