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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1973Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 July 1973395,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
395,925 km246,016 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 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.