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The Moon on Monday, March 19, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on March 19, 1973Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 March 1973389,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 19, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
389,019 km241,725 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 18, 197323:34
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 26, 197323:46

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Monday, March 19, 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.