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The Moon on Friday, November 2, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on November 2, 1973Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 November 1973403,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 2, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
403,076 km250,459 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Friday, November 2, 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.