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The Moon on Friday, September 7, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 7, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 September 1973403,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 7, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
403,139 km250,499 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1973 is on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 at 15:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Friday, September 7, 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.