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The Moon on Thursday, February 10, 1972: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on February 10, 1972Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 February 1972392,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
392,338 km243,788 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 10, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 7, 197211:12
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 15, 197200:29

The Moon around February 10

More about this date

Thursday, February 10, 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.