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The Moon on Tuesday, November 27, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on November 27, 1973Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 November 1973405,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
405,430 km251,922 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Tuesday, November 27, 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.