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The Moon on Monday, March 13, 1972: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 13, 1972Waning Crescent

Monday 13 March 1972369,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 13, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
369,398 km229,533 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Monday, March 13, 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.