Waning · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°
Full Moon at
04:58UTC
Moon phase on May 17, 1973Full Moon
On Thursday, May 17, 1973, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
404,422 km251,296 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 403,985 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, May 9, 1973 | 12:07 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, May 17, 1973 | 04:58 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, May 25, 1973 | 08:40 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Thursday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1973, or the whole moon calendar 1973.
- The same date one year apart: 1972 · 1974.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.