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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on March 20, 1973Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 March 1973392,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
392,864 km244,115 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.