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The Moon on Sunday, July 1, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 1, 1973Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 July 1973359,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 1, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,902 km223,632 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 30, 197311:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 7, 197308:26

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Sunday, July 1, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1973 to the new moon of July 29, 1973, a cycle of 29.31 days.