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The Moon on Sunday, February 11, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on February 11, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 February 1973369,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.5% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
369,522 km229,610 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Sunday, February 11, 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.