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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1973Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 August 1973381,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
381,659 km237,152 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 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.