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The Moon on Thursday, November 8, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on November 8, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 November 1973374,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 8, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
374,621 km232,779 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 1973 at 03:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Thursday, November 8, 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.