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The Moon on Monday, January 10, 1972: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on January 10, 1972Waning Crescent

Monday 10 January 1972403,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
403,265 km250,577 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1972 is on Friday, December 31, 1971 at 20:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 8, 197213:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 16, 197210:53

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Monday, January 10, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1971 to the new moon of January 16, 1972, a cycle of 29.66 days.