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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on December 27, 1973Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 December 1973405,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
405,570 km252,010 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1973 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.