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The Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1973: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on November 18, 1973Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 November 1973379,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 18, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
379,397 km235,746 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, November 17, 197306:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, November 24, 197319:55

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Sunday, November 18, 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.