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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on April 16, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 April 1973393,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
393,806 km244,700 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 3, 1973 at 11:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 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.