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The Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1973: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on September 22, 1973Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 September 1973370,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 22, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
370,424 km230,171 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1973 is on Wednesday, September 12, 1973 at 15:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 13:54 UTC, 4 days later.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Saturday, September 22, 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.