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The Moon on Sunday, December 2, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on December 2, 1973Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 December 1973397,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 2, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
397,445 km246,961 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Sunday, December 2, 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.