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The Moon on Monday, November 12, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on November 12, 1973Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 November 1973362,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 12, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
362,413 km225,193 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 10, 197314:27
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, November 17, 197306:35

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Monday, November 12, 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.