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The Moon on Monday, November 5, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on November 5, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 November 1973391,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 5, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
391,534 km243,288 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 3, 197306:30
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 10, 197314:27

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Monday, November 5, 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.