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The Moon on Monday, July 23, 1973: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Last Quarter at

03:58UTC

Moon phase on July 23, 1973Last Quarter

Monday 23 July 1973374,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 23, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
374,972 km232,997 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 15, 197311:56
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, July 23, 197303:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 29, 197318:59

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Monday, July 23, 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.