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The Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on October 31, 1973Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 October 1973404,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 31, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
404,833 km251,552 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 26, 197303:17
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 3, 197306:30

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Wednesday, October 31, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 26, 1973 to the new moon of November 24, 1973, a cycle of 29.69 days.