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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 1973: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on October 19, 1973Waning Crescent

Friday 19 October 1973371,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
371,968 km231,130 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 18, 197322:33
New Moon (after)Friday, October 26, 197303:17

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 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.