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The Moon on Friday, February 18, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 18, 1972Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 February 1972365,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 18, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
365,454 km227,083 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 00:29 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 15, 197200:29
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 21, 197217:20

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Friday, February 18, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1972 to the new moon of March 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.46 days.