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The Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 10, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 July 1973403,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 10, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
403,291 km250,593 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 7, 197308:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 15, 197311:56

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Tuesday, July 10, 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.