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The Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on September 11, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 11 September 1973390,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
390,748 km242,799 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1973 is on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 at 15:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 28, 1973 at 03:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Tuesday, September 11, 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.