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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 March 1973370,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
370,871 km230,448 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 11, 197321:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 18, 197323:34

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 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.