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The Moon on Saturday, April 14, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on April 14, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 April 1973387,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 14, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
387,162 km240,571 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Saturday, April 14, 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.