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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on December 6, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 December 1973374,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
374,382 km232,630 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 19:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 3, 197301:29
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 10, 197301:35

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 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.