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The Moon on Friday, March 30, 1973: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 30, 1973Waning Crescent

Friday 30 March 1973388,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
388,970 km241,695 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 26, 197323:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 3, 197311:45

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Friday, March 30, 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.