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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on February 23, 1973Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 February 1973401,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.4% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
401,609 km249,548 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1973 is on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 10:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 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.