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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 1973Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 August 1973378,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.0% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
378,271 km235,046 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 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.