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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on December 29, 1973Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 December 1973401,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
401,485 km249,471 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1973 is on Tuesday, January 8, 1974 at 12:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 24, 1973 at 15:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 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.