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The Moon on Friday, May 11, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 May 1973386,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
386,560 km240,197 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 9, 197312:07
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 17, 197304:58

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Friday, May 11, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1973 to the new moon of June 1, 1973, a cycle of 29.32 days.