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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 1973: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 27, 1973Waning Crescent

Friday 27 July 1973361,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
361,103 km224,379 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1973 is on Sunday, July 15, 1973 at 11:56 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 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.