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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 August 1973400,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
400,821 km249,058 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 29, 1973 at 18:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 5, 197322:27
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 14, 197302:17

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 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.