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The Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on February 20, 1973Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 February 1973389,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
389,881 km242,261 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Tuesday, February 20, 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.