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The Moon on Thursday, July 19, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on July 19, 1973Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 July 1973392,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 19, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
392,459 km243,862 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Thursday, July 19, 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.