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The Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on February 13, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 February 1973368,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 13, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
368,110 km228,733 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 09:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Tuesday, February 13, 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.