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The Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on November 6, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 November 1973386,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 6, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
386,004 km239,852 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Tuesday, November 6, 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.