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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 12, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 April 1973380,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
380,262 km236,284 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 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.