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The Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 18, 1972Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 January 1972374,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 18, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
374,395 km232,638 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 16, 197210:53
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 23, 197209:29

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1972 to the new moon of February 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.57 days.