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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1973Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 July 1973398,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
398,930 km247,884 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 15, 197311:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 23, 197303:58

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 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.