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The Moon on Monday, April 30, 1973: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on April 30, 1973Waning Crescent

Monday 30 April 1973371,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
371,297 km230,713 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1973 is on Tuesday, April 17, 1973 at 13:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Monday, April 30, 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.