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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1973: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on October 20, 1973Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 October 1973374,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
374,204 km232,519 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1973 is on Friday, October 12, 1973 at 03:09 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 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.