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The Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on October 11, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 October 1973377,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 11, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
377,912 km234,824 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Thursday, October 11, 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.