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The Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 1973: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 1973Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 August 1973369,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 22, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,140 km229,373 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1973 is on Tuesday, August 14, 1973 at 02:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 21, 197310:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 28, 197303:25

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Wednesday, August 22, 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.