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The Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on March 4, 1972Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 March 1972405,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 4, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
405,276 km251,827 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Saturday, March 4, 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.