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The Moon on Monday, May 14, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 14, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Monday 14 May 1973397,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 14, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
397,746 km247,148 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Monday, May 14, 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.