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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 4, 1973Waxing Crescent

Saturday 4 August 1973391,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
391,372 km243,187 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 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.