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The Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 1973: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Last Quarter at

17:59UTC

Moon phase on April 25, 1973Last Quarter

Wednesday 25 April 1973398,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 25, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
398,572 km247,661 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 17, 197313:51
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 25, 197317:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 2, 197320:55

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Wednesday, April 25, 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.