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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on March 15, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 March 1973376,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
376,027 km233,652 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.