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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on March 24, 1973Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 March 1973403,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
403,916 km250,982 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.