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The Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on September 1, 1973Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 September 1973391,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 1, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
391,525 km243,282 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1973 is on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 at 15:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 28, 197303:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 4, 197315:22

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Saturday, September 1, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1973 to the new moon of September 26, 1973, a cycle of 29.44 days.