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The Moon on Saturday, November 24, 1973: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

New Moon at

19:55UTC

Moon phase on November 24, 1973New Moon

Saturday 24 November 1973399,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 24, 1973, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
399,953 km248,519 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, November 17, 197306:35
New Moon (this day)Saturday, November 24, 197319:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 3, 197301:29

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Saturday, November 24, 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.