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The Moon on Friday, March 10, 1972: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 10, 1972Waning Crescent

Friday 10 March 1972387,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
387,002 km240,472 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 8, 197207:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 15, 197211:35

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Friday, March 10, 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.