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The Moon on Monday, December 10, 1973: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Full Moon at

01:35UTC

Moon phase on December 10, 1973Full Moon

Monday 10 December 1973358,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 10, 1973, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
358,227 km222,592 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 358,767 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearPartial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 3, 197301:29
Full Moon (this day)Monday, December 10, 197301:35
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 16, 197317:13

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Monday, December 10, 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.