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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 1973Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 July 1973388,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
388,552 km241,435 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 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.