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The Moon on Friday, February 11, 1972: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on February 11, 1972Waning Crescent

Friday 11 February 1972387,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
387,140 km240,557 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Friday, February 11, 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.