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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on December 25, 1973Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 25 December 1973406,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
406,438 km252,549 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1973 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 24, 197315:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 1, 197418:06

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1973 to the new moon of January 23, 1974, a cycle of 29.83 days.