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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on September 27, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 September 1973384,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
384,480 km238,905 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 13:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 26, 197313:54
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 4, 197310:32

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 26, 1973 to the new moon of October 26, 1973, a cycle of 29.56 days.