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The Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1973: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 24, 1973Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 July 1973370,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 24, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
370,418 km230,167 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 23, 197303:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 29, 197318:59

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Tuesday, July 24, 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.