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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on January 20, 1972Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 January 1972370,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
370,861 km230,442 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 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.