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The Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on March 14, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 March 1973373,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 14, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
373,864 km232,308 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Wednesday, March 14, 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.