New moon dates 1973
- 1973: 13 × new moon — 4 January 1973, 3 February 1973, 5 March 1973, 3 April 1973, 2 May 1973, 1 June 1973, 30 June 1973, 29 July 1973, 28 August 1973, 26 September 1973, 26 October 1973, 24 November 1973, 24 December 1973.
New moon dates 1973
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 4 Jan | 15:41 | passed |
| Sat 3 Feb | 09:22 | passed |
| Mon 5 Mar | 00:07 | passed |
| Tue 3 Apr | 11:44 | passed |
| Wed 2 May | 20:54 | passed |
| Fri 1 Jun | 04:33 | passed |
| Sat 30 Jun | 11:38 | passed |
| Sun 29 Jul | 18:58 | passed |
| Tue 28 Aug | 03:24 | passed |
| Wed 26 Sep | 13:53 | passed |
| Fri 26 Oct | 03:16 | passed |
| Sat 24 Nov | 19:54 | passed |
| Mon 24 Dec | 15:06 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.