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The Moon on Sunday, February 13, 1972: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on February 13, 1972Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 February 1972376,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 13, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
376,576 km233,993 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Sunday, February 13, 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.