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The Moon on Monday, February 19, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on February 19, 1973Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 February 1973385,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 19, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
385,024 km239,243 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 17, 197310:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 25, 197303:10

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Monday, February 19, 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.