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The Moon on Wednesday, July 11, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on July 11, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 July 1973405,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
405,033 km251,676 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Wednesday, July 11, 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.