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The Moon on Friday, November 30, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on November 30, 1973Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 November 1973403,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 30, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
403,912 km250,979 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 30, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 30

More about this date

Friday, November 30, 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.