Waning · 93.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°
Moon age
16.5days
Moon phase on March 21, 1973Waning Gibbous
On Wednesday, March 21, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
396,545 km246,402 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 21, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, March 18, 1973 | 23:34 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, March 26, 1973 | 23:46 |
The Moon around March 21
More about this date
Wednesday, March 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1973, or the whole moon calendar 1973.
- The same date one year apart: 1972 · 1974.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.