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The Moon on Monday, July 30, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 30, 1973Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 July 1973364,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
364,563 km226,529 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 29, 197318:59
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 5, 197322:27

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Monday, July 30, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1973 to the new moon of August 28, 1973, a cycle of 29.35 days.