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The Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on November 15, 1973Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 November 1973367,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 15, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
367,753 km228,511 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Thursday, November 15, 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.