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The Moon on Monday, October 8, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on October 8, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 October 1973392,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 8, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
392,092 km243,635 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 13:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Monday, October 8, 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.