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The Moon on Tuesday, November 20, 1973: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on November 20, 1973Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 November 1973387,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
387,237 km240,618 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1973 is on Saturday, November 10, 1973 at 14:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Tuesday, November 20, 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.