Recognised as Date
2 May 1973
- Wednesday
- Q2
- Common year
- Week 18
- Taurus
2 May 1973 falls on a Wednesday. It is day 122 of 365 in 1973, falling in week 18 and quarter 2. Its Unix timestamp is 105,148,800. A new moon falls on this day at 20:55 UTC.
Calendar position
Day of the weekWednesday
Day of the month2nd
Day of the year122 of 365
Days remaining in the year243
Days elapsed in the year121
ISO week numberWeek 18ISO 8601, weeks start on Monday
Week of the month1st
Occurrence in the month1st Wednesday
MonthMay (month 5 of 12)
QuarterQ2 1973
Year1973
Days in the month31
Leap yearNo, 365 days
This date in other formats
ISO 86011973-05-02
British (D/M/Y)02/05/1973
American (M/D/Y)05/02/1973
Long formWednesday 2nd May 1973
RFC 2822Wed, 02 May 1973 00:00:00 GMT
Compact19730502
In wordsthe 2nd of May, one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-three
This date in other calendars
Hebrew30 Nisan 5733the Hebrew calendar has been fully algorithmic since the ninth century, so this is exact
Islamic (tabular)29 Rabi I 1393 AHthe tabular reckoning; the calendar in religious use begins each month on an actual crescent sighting, so expect a day either way
Persian (arithmetic)12 Ordibehesht 1352the arithmetic (Birashk) calendar; the official Solar Hijri calendar takes its new year from the astronomical equinox at Tehran
Rata Die720,380days since 1 January 1 CE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar, the pivot every conversion here runs through
Unix time & day counts
Unix timestamp105,148,800seconds since 1 January 1970, midnight UTC
Unix timestamp (ms)105,148,800,000
Relationship to the epoch1,217 days after the Unix epoch
Julian Day Number2,441,805midnight UTC
Days since 1 January 190026,784
Days since 1 January 2000-9,740
Moon phase
PhaseNew moonthe instant falls at 20:55 UTC; in time zones far enough east or west the local date is a day either side
Illuminated at 12:00 UTC0%≈to about 1%, by Meeus
Waxing or waningWaning
Moon age at 12:00 UTC29 dayssince the previous new moon
This new moon2 May 1973, 20:55 UTC
Next new moon1 June 1973, 04:34 UTC
Previous full moon17 April 1973, 13:50 UTC
Next full moon17 May 1973, 04:58 UTC
Relative to today
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Today20 September 2026
Days ago19,499 days
In other terms53 years, 140 days and 18 hours
Weeks2785.6 weeks ago
Anniversary this year141 days ago
Years elapsed53 complete years
Seasons & signs
Zodiac signTaurusEarth sign
Chinese zodiac yearOxthe animal changes at Chinese New Year, not 1 January
Season (Northern Hemisphere)Springmeteorological seasons, by whole months
Season (Southern Hemisphere)Autumn
Easter Sunday that year22 April 1973
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