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The Moon on Thursday, December 13, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on December 13, 1973Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 December 1973363,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 13, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.4% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
363,776 km226,040 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1973 is on Monday, December 10, 1973 at 01:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Thursday, December 13, 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.