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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 1973Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 August 1973391,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
391,853 km243,486 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 14, 197302:17
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 21, 197310:22

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 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.