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The Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on October 9, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 October 1973387,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 9, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
387,303 km240,659 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 26, 1973 at 13:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Tuesday, October 9, 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.