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The Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on March 2, 1972Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 March 1972402,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 2, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
402,815 km250,297 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 29, 197203:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 8, 197207:06

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Thursday, March 2, 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.