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The Moon on Sunday, April 29, 1973: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on April 29, 1973Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 April 1973377,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
377,011 km234,263 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 25, 197317:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 2, 197320:55

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Sunday, April 29, 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.