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The Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1973: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Last Quarter at

06:35UTC

Moon phase on November 17, 1973Last Quarter

Saturday 17 November 1973375,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 17, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
375,315 km233,210 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 10, 197314:27
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 17, 197306:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 24, 197319:55

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Saturday, November 17, 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.