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The Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on October 7, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 October 1973396,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 7, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
396,450 km246,343 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 13:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 4, 197310:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 12, 197303:09

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Sunday, October 7, 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.