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The Moon on Monday, November 26, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on November 26, 1973Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 November 1973404,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 26, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
404,182 km251,147 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 24, 197319:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 3, 197301:29

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Monday, November 26, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 24, 1973 to the new moon of December 24, 1973, a cycle of 29.80 days.