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The Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 1973: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

First Quarter at

04:28UTC

Moon phase on April 10, 1973First Quarter

Tuesday 10 April 1973373,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 10, 1973, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
373,481 km232,071 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 3, 197311:45
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 10, 197304:28
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 17, 197313:51

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Tuesday, April 10, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 1973 to the new moon of May 2, 1973, a cycle of 29.38 days.