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The Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on March 10, 1973Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 March 1973369,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 10, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
369,671 km229,703 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 5, 197300:08
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 11, 197321:26

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Saturday, March 10, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1973 to the new moon of April 3, 1973, a cycle of 29.48 days.