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The Moon on Wednesday, April 11, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on April 11, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 April 1973376,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
376,817 km234,143 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 10, 197304:28
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 17, 197313:51

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Wednesday, April 11, 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.