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The Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1972: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 11, 1972Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 March 1972380,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
380,970 km236,724 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Saturday, March 11, 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.