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The Moon on Thursday, November 29, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on November 29, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 November 1973405,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
405,436 km251,926 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Thursday, November 29, 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.