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The Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on February 8, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 February 1973375,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 8, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
375,381 km233,251 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 3, 197309:23
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 10, 197314:05

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Thursday, February 8, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1973 to the new moon of March 5, 1973, a cycle of 29.61 days.