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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1973Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 May 1973394,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
394,721 km245,268 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 17, 197304:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 25, 197308:40

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 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.